RE: [flasher] wireframe.co.za

[AndyA]

Hey Brajeshwar,


Here's some help with the basics. It took me about 15 minutes to get it to

work basically, and I'm a beginner with Flash so it's not too hard.


You'll need four movie clips:


* one called Selection which holds the other three

	* one for the indicator that you slide (instance name: Indicator)

	* one for the grey background (instance name: Background)

	* one for the yellow folders (instance name: Folders)


Create them all centered and set the registration point to the center for

all MCs (using info panel)


I put an invisible button into the Indicator which covered the area of the

indicator, then used following script for the button:


on (rollOver) {

	startDrag ("", false, xLeft, y, xRight, y);

}

on (rollOut) {

	stopDrag ();

}


// xLeft refers to the furthest coord to the left I want to go, xRight

refers to the furthest coord right I want to go and y is the y value of the

center of the button (so it only moves horizontally)


then in the Selection timeline, select the Indicator movieclip and use the

onClipEvent (mouseMove)


onClipEvent (mouseMove) {

	XBackground = _root.Selection.Background._x

	XFolders = _root.Selection.Folders._x

	_root.Selection.Folders._x -= (_root.Selection.Indicator._x + XFolders);

	_root.Selection.Background._x -= (2 * (_root.Selection.Indicator._x +

(XBackground / 2)));

}


// this detects the event (mouseMove) and then sets XBackground and XFolders

variables to be the present _x values of those two clips, then reduces the

_x coord of Folders by the sum of the present _x value of the indicator and

the old _x value of Folders. Same again for Background, excepet that in the

example on wireframes, the background moved faster than the folders hence

the "2*" and the "/2" (the latter to ensure smooth movement.


This gives you the basic functionality you're after. The code could be

refined some (you should really be using variables for all of the coords

etc), but you'll get the idea. If you'd like the original .fla to look at

email me at

flasherandya [dot] demon [dot] nl

 and I'll send it.


regards


Andy